Comments for The First Steps of Web 2.0 in Higher Ed at http://www.socialsphere.com , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.socialsphere.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:18:40 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.socialsphere.com/blogs/36-johns-blog/264-enrollment-management-the-end-of-an-era.html#comment-66 It's an excellent blog, a good read. You have your finger on something happening in this country not many seem to fully comprehend. - Tom La Fauci Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:59:06 +0100 http://www.socialsphere.com/blogs/36-johns-blog/264-enrollment-management-the-end-of-an-era.html#comment-65 Chris -- 100% right. Millennials crave authenticity and know it when they see it -- faster than older Americans. Also, yes -- their brains are different. You can not change them -- so best to learn how to deal with it and have a productive relationship -- huge upside. Remember my intro? We are watching very closely for the next Facebook -- much of the recent Twitter traffic is from older Millennials raised on AIM who made Facebook what it is -- gravitating some to Twitter. Your last item is much too interesting a topic to comment on in this space -- for that we will have to discuss over dinner or a beer. - John Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:06:18 +0100 http://www.socialsphere.com/blogs/36-johns-blog/264-enrollment-management-the-end-of-an-era.html#comment-64 Hi John, thanks for your presentation at Sungard Summit; it was valuable. I was struck by another point that I believe you made (although it could have been someone else - drinking from the firehose) about the importance of authenticity to millennials in terms of building trust with them; they have to believe that you are authentic, which I took to mean that you can be neither disingenuous nor irrelevant to them if you want them to engage. I believe that you said that they have very sensitive "BS meters," which I can completely believe, having a 14 year old daughter. I was struck by your description of how millennials brains are wired differently from previous generations. To me that means that all the hand wringing about how negative this may be is irrelevant - it's happening and we'd better learn to adapt. Finally, I was struck by the comments from the mother in the audience about how her son is turned off by all of the parents invading his space on Facebook. Does that mean that millennials are moving one? To where? Any thoughts? Last item; I'm curious about your thoughts on how an age of overwhelming information abundance should shape higher education. Is it possible that this sense that young people are learning a mile wide and an inch deep really a manifestation of on age of information richness, the long tail, and digital immolation? Is it enough that young people know how to find what they need when they need it rather than building that reservoir of knowledge as a core part of becoming an educated person? Thanks for engaging! - Chris Gill Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:43:26 +0100